"THE DREAM CITY” 2015
THE DREAM CITY, Pearl, Doha Qatar, 2015. Interactive art installation. 30 tons of colored sand, plywood, 1360x860x110 cm. Around 60 different colors of sand in 6 fractions from 0, 2 mm up to 5 mm have been used in this project for a wide range of foot stimulation.
Commissioned by UDC, Qatar.
THE DREAM CITY is another art project by Adam Kalinowski, which in addition to "The Practice of Freedom II" 2013 and "Rainbow Park" 2012 made in London, „Park of Colored Sand" from Warsaw from 2009, is a combination of colorful sculptures and multi colored sections of sand of varying texture and is designed to capturing the imagination of the participants and encourage them to play with form and color. The project will evolve with the participants as colorful expanse of sand which will never come back to the starting point (entropy process). We invite you to explore a variety of weights, sand, colors and patterns that may arise during your barefoot walk through the project. The Dream City was conceived as a site-specific installation designed to respond to the iconic setting of the newly developed PEARL district in Doha, Qatar. Positioned at the center of a meticulously planned urban landscape dominated by architectural repetition, the artwork introduced a vibrant counterpoint—an eruption of color and form in a space defined by order. The work consisted of approximately 70 individual segments, each filled with colored aggregate in varying grain sizes and arranged in a spectrum of around 65 unique shades. Visitors were invited to walk across these segments, setting in motion a slow, entropic blending of the colored granules. Over time, what began as sharply defined color zones began to shift and merge—giving rise to what the artist refers to as an “organic composition of infinite color.” The accompanying photographs capture the early phase of the installation, before the transformation reached its full expressive potential. Even at this initial stage, The Dream City distinguished itself dramatically from its surrounding environment. Amid the architectural uniformity of the PEARL Marina, the installation became an evolving oasis—inviting sensory engagement, spatial exploration, and participatory creation.
LINKS
http://www.bryla.pl/bryla/7,85298,20954928,interakcyjne-rzezby-miejskie-z-kolorowego-piasku.html
http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70310/art-installation-uses-30-tons-colorful-sand
http://www.experimenta.es/noticias/miscelanea/the-dream-city-instalacion-interactiva-adam-kalinowski/
http://globalhop.indiaartndesign.com/2016/05/lets-play-with-coloured-sand.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IndiaArtNDesignGlobalHop+%28India+Art+n+Design+Global+Hop%29
http://www.contemporist.com/
http://www.thepearlqatar.com/
FB
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FILM
https://youtu.be/DjnJKVJu0ms
https://youtu.be/VVX3f0Eby_Q